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Latest Reviews:This is the first book in a series set in a fantasy version of Medieval England that imagines what the adventures of young Guinevere might have been like. In this series, Guinevere is living with her aunt, uncle, and cousin, Flora, where she is to learn how to be a young lady. Flora is Gwen's age an......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:We were recently writing a story about “visiting” India without leaving home and we were looking for neat ways to introduce kids to yoga. This is what is fun about blogging … look what we discovered trying to write about India … Kid Yoga Stories! They are the coolest. The books are colorful and frie......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:This is the story of Sophia, a young colonial girl who witnesses Nathan Hale is he about to be hung for treason. This events marks the beginning of Sophia's transformation into a patriot. Sophia is spurred into action when her older brother, who fought in the battle of Brooklyn ends up on a prison s......[Read More]

Book Introduction:Alex and Sophia are determined to help protect wild elephants from deadly poachers. They fly to Africa to visit their friend Themba, a park ranger. Their plan is to deliver a camera disguised as elephant dung and see some sights. But when they arrive, they learn that baby elephant Bandile is missing......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:( Note: I received a review copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Publisher and author.)Characters- Initially, in first few chapters, Anna was still skeptical about her powers, seesawing between good and bad use of magic, I thought I really want her character develop no......[Read More]

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Wow. This is super Morbid and it made me so sad. It did not have a happy ending. I would say this is mature material for mature people. I did not find the funny. Still, the art is amazing - so Gorey and the story is every horrible thing that can happen to a person does a......[Read More]

Book Introduction:Fourteen-year-old Prussian princess Sophia finds herself entangled in her mother's efforts to arrange a marriage between Sophia and Charles-Peter, a young German duke and nephew of the Russian empress Elizabeth. As Sophia's mother moves to make the match, she and Sophia must travel from their humble......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:he Puck Hog is a children's story set in Syracuse, New York. The tale centers around a youth hockey team which has a very talented player, a player who knows he's better than the other kids on the team. As such, he will not acknowledge that hockey is a team sport. Casciano succeeds in effectively te......[Read More]

Book Introduction:Often large and impressive, cathedrals are churches in which bishops have their official seats or thrones. Many are hundreds of years old; some are regarded as architectural masterpieces.This fascinating volume invites colorists of all ages to color illustrations of 40 great churches from around the......[Read More]

Book Introduction:At the vast country estate of the wealthy Le Fay family, Sophia is running out of time. If she doesn’t uncover the truth by the end summer, she will lose everything she loves. The old blind woman had warned her, Sophia knows something is coming. But the Le Fay children, who are forced to spen......[Read More]

Book Introduction:Sofia is a young princess who lives under the curse of an evil witch. The curse would bring great despair to not only the princess, but also the kingdom’s people, should she wander into the castle’s rose garden. The only ones that can reverse the spell are the fairies…but, no on......[Read More]

Book Introduction:When Steve and his dog Rocky find themselves in the mysterious world of Minecraft they must use their courage and wits to survive the deadly mobs that come their way.
Follow Steve and Rocky on this epic adventure as they go on a deadly quest to save the village of Stonegate from the super army of b......[Read More]

Book Introduction:Princess Shantia must leave her home to bring her newborn baby brother to his father, the King of Garu Rock. Princess Shantia and her mother's trusted horse, Skylar, flee into the unknown. The sixteen- year old Princess is from an all female tribe and must reluctantly fulfill her destiny to bring t......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:Champion horse by Jane Smiley Champion horse by Jane Smiley is a novel about a girl named Abby Lovett lives on her farm and helps her dad with his horse training business. She has her own horse named True blue and is trying to train him to jump. I decided to read this book because I have read and li......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:Edit three weeks later: Just read Ruby, an earlier and better book that is actually for kids, in which the hero is smart and brave, and which surely seems to have been appropriated by Frisch. I had just about decided to give Frisch's two stars, but now that I see how unnecessary and unoriginal his b......[Read More]

Latest Reviews:Julie Black Belt is a delightful story which teaches children perseverance! Not to mention that the book gives them a great visual/textual introduction to the high-flying stylized world of martial arts kicks and jumps. I know there's a whole lot more to martial arts other than "spectacular physical ......[Read More]